Claims
- 1. A method of destroying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) comprising the steps of:
- collecting air laden with the VOCs;
- compressing said VOC laden air in a compressor;
- providing a primary fuel stream;
- combusting said primary fuel stream in a combustor to create a first stream of combustion gases;
- directing said first stream of combustion gases to a reaction chamber;
- directing said compressed VOC laden air into said reaction chamber to create a second stream of combustion gases;
- reacting said first and second streams of gases for substantially destroy said VOC's and create a resulting stream of combustion gases;
- directing said resulting stream of combustion gases to drive a power generator; and
- recovering power from operation of said power generator.
- 2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of:
- controlling the flow of said collected VOC laden air and said primary fuel stream to maintain a substantially stoichiometric reaction in said reaction chamber.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/538,692, filed Oct. 3, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,592,811.
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